Temporary Appointment: Partnerships Officer, P-2, N'Djamena, Chad (364 days)

If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you. For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children's survival, protection and development. The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments.

Purpose

Under the supervision of the Deputy Representative and the technical guidance of the Quality Assurance Specialist, the incumbent will provide technical guidance and support to country office programme sections and field offices for advancement of partnerships with the civil society, nongovernmental and governmental organization in support of development and implementation of UNICEF Chad country programme. 

Main duties and Responsibilities

• Develop partnership framework for UNICEF Chad in line with the global partnerships framework for UNICEF tailored to the specific situation in the country which should guide the partnership with Civil Society Organizations in support of development and implementation of UNICEF Chad country programme.

• Develop and implement an effective and efficient Programme Cooperation Agreement (PCA) work process through review of guidelines, procedures, PCA workflow, formats and templates, internal coordination with zone offices and externally with partners.

• Manage the PCA process and review PCA submissions from all programme sections for compliance with UNICEF programme priorities as outlined in work plans, operational requirements and quality assurance of project documents accompanying PCA submissions in line with global standards and country office specific requirements ensuring approval of agreements on time. Responsible for quality assurance of concept notes and programme documents for finalizing partnership agreements, and the correctness and completeness of the PCAs prior to the signature by UNICEF. Provide technical guidance to the PCA Review Committee.   

• Oversee Harmonized Approach to Cash Transfers (HACT) rollout process to include problem-solving and trouble-shooting as well as building capacity of UNICEF staff and their partners in HACT implementation. This will also include tracking the HACT implementation monitoring and providing regular, systematic feedback on progress and issues to Senior Management.

• Coordinate UNICEF-partner consultations; represents UNICEF in joint forums such as cluster meetings; conduct periodic assessments/evaluations on support and information required as well as proposed improvements from UNICEF in the areas of partnerships and the PCA management process leading to possible capacity building support and risk identification.

• Review the efficacy of partnerships undertaken with CSOs. Identify areas for improvement and recommend actions to accelerate/improve programme delivery and programme sustainability. Develop PCA training packages and partner PCA user guidelines and conduct trainings for UNICEF staff and partners ensuring the partnership/PCA policies and procedures are clearly practiced.    

• Responsible to develop criteria for partner identification, assessment and approval; and maintenance of partner roster with regular updates with partner profile, programme and financial information, risk areas and capacity as well as performance status

• Prepare periodic reports to guide key processes in the office – programme reviews, capacity assessment, third party monitoring, risk assessment and audit processes.

Qualifications of Successful Candidate

1. Education:

A university degree in any of the following: Social Sciences, Public Administration, Business Administration, or other fields related to the work of UNICEF.

2. Work experience:

Two years of progressively responsible professional work experience in social development, participatory approaches, project administration, monitoring and evaluation, some at the international level.

3. Language

English and French is required.

Competencies of Successful Candidate

1. Core Values

• Commitment      
• Diversity and Inclusion     
• Integrity

2. Core Competencies

• Communication  [ II ]           
• Working with People   [ II ]         
• Drive for Result   [ II ]

3. Functional Competencies

• Leading and Supervising  [ II ]              
• Formulating Strategies and Concepts   [ II ]      
• Analyzing   [ II ]                                        
• Relating and Networking    [ II ]                      
• Persuading and Influencing   [ II ]        
• Creating and Innovating   [ II ]

3. Technical Knowledge  

• Methodology of programme/project management
• UNICEF programmatic goals, visions, positions, policies and strategies.
• UNICEF policies and strategy to address on national and international issues, particularly relating to partnerships.
• UNICEF emergency programme policies, goals, strategies and approaches.

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Remarks

* The successful candidate for this emergency recruitment MUST be available to commence work within 31 days of receiving an offer.

* Please note that N'Djamena is a non-family duty station.

Employment is conditional upon receipt of medical clearance, any clearance required, the grant of a visa, and completion of any other pre-employment criteria that UNICEF may establish. Candidates may not be further considered or offers of employment may be withdrawn if these conditions are unlikely to be met before the date for commencement of service